January 16, 2008

While yesterday was busy with setting up appointments and getting the films from my scans (MRI and CT) to take to the doctor, today was busy making those appointments. I had the PET Scan this morning and everything went ok. Because of my recent weight loss the Scan was shorter than any one that I have had before (only 20 minutes instead of 40). While doing a PET Scan you must lie perfectly still on a table so I was thankful for the shortened scan time.

Later this afternoon we met with the Neurological Surgeon Dr Manning. He did do some simple tests on me and after reading the reports from my MRI it confirmed that I do have a mass on the right side of my head or brain. We started the ball rolling to get a surgery date with some more or extra tests to be done next week. I will be very busy next week with getting ready for the surgery date of January 27th. Dr. Manning told us today the surgery will take several hours to complete. The extra tests to be done are 2 more MRI's, a vision test, and a pre-op with a fitting for a cage which will be used during surgery to hold my head in place. I also have an appointment with my oncologist on Tuesday morning. Hopefully we can get more questions answered.

Please continue to pray for Linda myself and my family for this upcoming surgery. We will need all the prayers we could get. God is very much in control and we are giving it all up to Him in faith.